Dispatch from the Digital Planet: October 2023

Check out the latest research insights, analyst spotlights, and news from Digital Planet.

Celebrating 50 Years of the Mobile Phone

Join us on October 12 to celebrate a watershed moment in technology. The first call from a mobile phone was made 50 years ago. Since then, the cellular phone has gone from a communicator to a life assistant. Bhaskar Chakravorti will moderate the speaker panel.

GovTech Idea Conference

On the sidelines of the 78th UNGA, Digital Planet co-hosted a panel discussion with Mastercard on the opportunities and challenges in the digitalization of government programs and services and how public-private partnerships can deliver on the promise of a more transparent, inclusive, efficient, and resilient governance and help bridge the gap between citizens and governments.

Understanding Digital Public Infrastructure: What it Means — and Why it Matters — to Businesses and Governments in Emerging Markets: Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi

IDEA 2030 Council members Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi and David Porteous collaborated with Priya Vora and Peter Rabley on this timely piece about why Digital Public Infrastructure matters in emerging markets.

Is India the World’s Next Great Economic Power?: Bhaskar Chakravorti

India's economic rise seems promising with drivers like demand, supply, policy reforms, and geopolitics, but challenges remain.

Advancing the Future of Work in Africa through Digital Transformation: The Role of Systems Orchestrators

Fuel African labor markets: Embrace digital shifts, empower 'systems
orchestrators,' drive growth for 375M job seekers.

How digital public infrastructure is changing the world: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

In this interview, Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses the importance and future of digital public infrastructure with Hindol Sengupta.

The AI Regulation Paradox: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Regulating artificial intelligence to protect U.S. democracy could end up jeopardizing democracy abroad.

To travel or not to travel? Indian passport's tryst with visas: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

According to the latest Henley Passport Index, India has visa free access to 57 countries around the world. But what does this mean for the world's most populous country and its access to foreign nations? How powerful is the Indian passport? And how easy is it for Indians to travel abroad for vacation, education and employment? This video talks about all of this and more.

The missed opportunity in the AI boom: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

Artificial intelligence is disrupting and transforming our working lives. While it holds the promise of greater productivity, it could also threaten a wide range of jobs and make income inequality even worse. Today, how research into artificial intelligence tech may be targeting the wrong problems and missing chances to help humanity.

The Generative AI Revolution: A Glimpse Into the Future of Work: Bhaskar Chakravorti

A look at how previous waves of digital technologies affected workers offers some insight into AI’s potential impact in the years to come.

How GPT Mania Could Harm AI Innovation: Bhaskar Chakravorti

The scramble to win the GPT race could divert essential resources from the development of more socially meaningful uses of AI

The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure

Investing in digital public infrastructure in India revolutionizes business and governance. Successful projects require government-business coordination.

How will AI affect workers? Tech waves of the past show how unpredictable the path can be

New digital technologies have been a constant for workers over the past few decades, with a mixed record on the economy and individuals’ daily lives. AI’s effect will likely be just as unpredictable.

Beyond Access: Fostering Sustainable and Inclusive Climate Solutions Through Digital Technologies
Beyond Access: Harnessing Digital Technologies for Education and Upskilling
Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors, Part 2: Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Part 2: Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Digital Inclusion vs. Innovation Momentum: Is There a Tradeoff? And Must Economies Choose?

Is it possible for an economy to be both digitally inclusive and at the forefront of innovation-based digital growth?

Where to Find Top AI Talent

Is it possible for an economy to be both digitally inclusive and at the forefront of innovation-based digital growth?

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard

Benchmarking 90 economies' progress in closing the gender, rural-urban, and socioeconomic digital divide

How Biden’s “Internet for All” Initiative Can Actually Fulfill Its Mission

Right now, half of Americans aren’t using broadband internet. In an effort to close this digital divide, the Biden administration has launched the Internet for All initiative: a massive investment of funds to expand access to high-speed internet in the world’s most valuable and second most evolved digital economy.

The Impact of Internet Access on Covid-19 Mortality in the United States​

An increase in broadband access in the US reduced Covid mortality rates, with the most significant impact in metro areas. Internet access is an increasingly important tool in the public health toolbox.

Broadband Infrastructure Funding and the Digital Divide: Prioritizing People Over Miles

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the latest source of funding to expand broadband across the US.

Beyond Access: How Digital Technologies Power Inclusive Innovation in Smallholder Farming
Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors

High growth sectors and high median wage jobs are still out of reach for college educated Black people in America.

IMAGINING A DIGITAL ECONOMY FOR ALL (IDEA) 2030

Digital Intelligence Index

Trust in the Digital Economy and Its Evolution Across 90 Economies as the Planet Paused for the Pandemic
Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2

Women remain under-represented in high-paying technical and decision-making roles in STEM professions. This disparity is a vexing problem and the Achilles’ heel of the entire technology industry.

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022

We present Progress to Digital Parity—an interactive scorecard that tracks the journey towards realizing the goal of a digital economy for everyone, everywhere.

DataGovHub Paradigm for a Comprehensive Approach to Data Governance

DataGovHub Paradigm for a Comprehensive Approach to Data Governance

Data governance has become an essential, albeit challenging task for policymakers. They must develop new visions, strategies, structures, policies, and processes. Governments that can accomodate a flexible approach to governing different types of data use and re-use in a responsive,…

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Understanding Digital Public Infrastructure: What it Means — and Why it Matters — to Businesses and Governments in Emerging Markets: Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi and David Porteous

Understanding Digital Public Infrastructure: What it Means — and Why it Matters — to Businesses and Governments in Emerging Markets: Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi and David Porteous

IDEA 2030 Council members Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi and David Porteous collaborated with Priya Vora and Peter Rabley on this timely piece about why Digital Public Infrastructure matters in emerging markets.

Is India the World’s Next Great Economic Power?: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Is India the World’s Next Great Economic Power?: Bhaskar Chakravorti

India's economic rise seems promising with drivers like demand, supply, policy reforms, and geopolitics, but challenges remain.

How digital public infrastructure is changing the world: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

How digital public infrastructure is changing the world: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

In this interview, Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses the importance and future of digital public infrastructure with Hindol Sengupta.

The AI Regulation Paradox: Bhaskar Chakravorti

The AI Regulation Paradox: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Regulating artificial intelligence to protect U.S. democracy could end up jeopardizing democracy abroad.

To travel or not to travel? Indian passport’s tryst with visas: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

To travel or not to travel? Indian passport’s tryst with visas: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

According to the latest Henley Passport Index, India has visa free access to 57 countries around the world. But what does this mean for the world's most populous country and its access to foreign nations? How powerful is the Indian…

The missed opportunity in the AI boom: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

The missed opportunity in the AI boom: Interview with Bhaskar Chakravorti

AI disrupts work, promising productivity but risking job loss and income inequality. Research may focus on wrong problems, missing chances to aid humanity.

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